The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-06-24

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came up and said, take his badge of and
throw it away; drag him into the yard and
lick him These things followed right
along one after the other. L did not say
anything about arrest. until after L was
struck. [ had no coat on; it was tied to
my saddle. While the Deputy Marshal
was giving the orders nv coat was tied on
my saddle, and my badge was fastened on
my shirt had on dark shirt ana pants
had No uniform on. I wore wore black felt
hat The color of my shirt was black, cut
Chinese pattern. l always wear my badge
always the same one. never one with
No ) on. Did not grab Dowsett around
his body; caught him by the arms. Dow
sett pulled very hard, ard there was good
many helping him, and we fell down.
Were not wrestling when we fell. Dowsett
was trying TO get away from me, and
1 was trying to hold him. lost
my badge before [ fell down. We
had lively tussIe at the time. Can
swear positively to who struck me- l was
on Waikiki side, Dowsett on the other.
Creighton came up and said, " take the
badge off, and he did so himself. He has
it yet. While thestruggle was going on 1
did not know what Robinson was doing.
Saw him when l came out of the yard. He
blew his whistle after Dowsett struck me;
did not see Robinson leave. Do not know
whether be got off his horse or not. He
may have been there all the time as far as
l know. Did not say to Dowsett when I
got off my horse ''hit me first Said
nothing of the kind. There was no remark
ma rin fiyhf FYx-rr u
me to take off my badge and go into the
yard and fight. If remarks of that kind
had been made, think l should have heard
them. When came TO the Station House
did not see the Marshal, only his Deputy
Did not see the Marshal until the after
noon of next day. Did not tell him I had
been dragged off my horse Told him
saw some people coming up with the in
tention Of dragging me off, and got off
my horse from the opposite side TO them
That is the truth. got off before any of
them touched my person, they already
had hold of my horse. Do not know
how many came at me there was
over ten. The nearest to me were the de-
PENDANTS Not all came towards me.
There were none on the side of the horse
that got on. My horse was in the middle
OF the street when got off, little above
the gate. The crowd were all between me
and the gate. Ny horse was not near the |
sidewalk. When we rode up Richard
street Robinson was ahead. He started
ahead from the station house directly the /
orders were given. l was almost behind /
him, riding in the middle of the road. As
our horses were headed I could not tell /
which side should have passed him il 7 |
had Overtaken him. Something was said |
about pulling Robinson from his horse.
When Dowsett saw Robinson he said,
there is the man who arrested the Attor-
ney General pull him off and lick him.
l did not see any ore strike him After
the affair was over, noticed Robinson had
a lump under mis- eye. l spoke English as
we'll as l was able. Widemann struck me,
but [ did not hear him say anything
After all was over, and they had been
taken to the station house, I went TO get
my horse. Dowsett was standing inside of
the gate, and said he would lick me- | told
him to come out, and then I would have
arrested him. Told him he was a coward
That had nothing to do with my wanting
to fight him. did not remain there very
ong. Officer Dole told me to go down to
the station house. l have been on the
police force at Waikiki, Maui I was there
rom 1884 up to January, 1887, when
oined the police force in Honolulu.
Mr.. Castle here whispered something to
Mr. Hatch, and the latter asked the wit
less when he lived in Hilo. The interpre-
er, Mr.. Wilcox, said that Mr. Castle was
mistaken in the man, as Dias
lad never lived in HiIo. The question was
withdrawn.
Cross-examination continued-I used to
lrive a hack in Honolulu Was one of
apt. Hayley's mounted police. After
1 went to Maui. Before driv-
ng hack l used to help my father milking
he cows and working on the ranch
To the Marshal-The electric light was
urning that night, and made that part of
he street very light.
John Robinson sworn, stated am one
( the police of this city; Joined six months
go. l am on duty from p. m. to a. m,
IF duty during the day. Formerly was
n regular police, but was placed on the
1ounted police duty about three months
go. Since belonged to mounted police
ave been on duty quite regularly. On
aturday night little after clock went
~ rounds, and returned little after u
clock with Dias to the station house.
When we got there Deputy Marshal Pa {
ia told me and Dias to go at once to Maui
akiekie, as there was row there Some
olicemen had already gone up. We
5arted, and going along Richard street {
card noise. 1 did not know where it I
anne from. Dias was behind me- It was I
loud noise, shouting and hollering. I $
as ahead, and got just past Conveys gate
hen Dowsett, Whitney and Widemann I
anne out. The electric light was burning. c
owsett saw me, and called out, there Is c
lie man who arrested the Attorney Gen l
al" After that Dowsett and Widemann g
ent towards Dias. l turned round and Z
W Dias get off his horse on the opposite o
de to the crowd AS soon as l saw him I
t off MS horse, also got off. Saw DOW
tt and also Widemann strike Dlas u
en- commenced to blow my whistle, as Z
w two of US were no use against crowd :
,me one slapped me on the mouth; DO